Winnie the horse gentler

Winnie Willis, a twelve-year-old girl with a gift for handling horses, finds an old mare in the pasture behind her house and struggles to keep the animal alive, reassure her father, and protect her heart from getting hurt if the horse should die or its owner appear.

As Winnie still struggles through life without her mother, she must now face the new woman that her father brings to Thanksgiving dinner.

Winnie is determined to find out who is sabotaging her new friend Ramon's chances to become a star circus performer.

This Christmas proves to be a matter of life and death when a sick and pregnant horse shows up in Winnie's pasture, and she must find the strength to care for both mother and foal in their time of need.

Twelve-year-old Winnie faces three big problems--an orphan foal who won't eat, the miniature horse she has trouble training, and a classmate who seems to be an unreliable friend.

Winnie sees her chance to become part of the "in" crowd at school when she is given the opportunity to train a popular boy's horse for an important race.

When a buckskin disappears from the Happy Trails stable, Winnie Willis and her friend Kaylee investigate.

When an accident on horseback leaves Winnie humiliated, she must find the courage to face her classmates and make up to the horse she let down.

Winnie Willis must find enough money to buy the horse of her dreams, while also trying to convince her father not to move to another town again.